>>Well...probably not a billion bucks - but I'm sure they must of got some crazy offers....but like you said - not bad company.
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>>There was an interesting article a while back on cnn... http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/04/beatles.999/index.html
>>One of the things the article said was: ...."A Pew Research survey released last month showed that 81 percent of respondents between ages 16-29 said they liked The Beatles. Eleven percent said they dislike the band and only 4 percent said they have never heard of them.
>>By comparison, current rockers Coldplay received 39 percent positive responses, with 45 percent saying they'd never heard of them. Forty-two percent said they like hip-hop star Kanye West.
>>"To put this in perspective: Try imagining young adults back in the 1960s putting the big jazz bands of the roaring '20s at the top of their list of favorites," the survey reads. "Not very likely."......"
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>The Beatles were never one of my favourites, actually, I think I would put them in the same group as ABBA, do not dislike then if they are on the radio, but I would not buy nor search for them particularly.
>The ones I really like are the Stones, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Police

Now you're talkin'!